Cool gift idea: Dr. Seuss' 'The Bippolo Seed'

Did you know a bunch of "lost" Dr. Seuss stories were unearthed recently? It's true -- and they're now available in a fun book (and even more fun audiobook).

The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories (Random House, $15) contains seven original stories written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss that originally appeared in magazines from 1950-51. As one would expect with Seuss, they're incredibly clever.

The title story, for example, follows a duck who finds a magical seed that can grant wishes. With the aid of an enterprising cat, he starts to become greedy ... and, of course, it all winds up with a moral at the end.

The audiobook is sold separately (Random House, $12) but makes for a perfect companion to the book. On it, celebrities like Neil Patrick Harris, Joan Cusack, Peter Dinklage, William H. Macy and Anjelica Huston read the stories. Adorable.

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